CNC scripting stuff....

> From: Codesuidae <codesuidae@...>
> Subject: High-level GCode scripting utility prototype
>
> Greetings to the TaigTools and CAD_CAD_EDM_DRO lists.
>
> Apologies to those of you on both lists for the cross post, but I've
> recently addressed the same idea in both lists, so I'm following up with
> this single post to both.
>
> A couple of weeks ago I had an idea for a high level language that could
> be used to generate gcode output. Since then I've put together a small
> prototype application and some examples to make it more clear exactly
> what I mean. The example application uses a variant of the Pascal
> language to allow the user to generate gcode statements. In order to
> make development of scripts faster it includes a 3D preview window that
> displays the tool path generated by the script. The application
> requires Windows and OpenGL support.
>
> I've included a few very simple sample scripts to show how one might use
> the utility. While the preview window is not well designed (poor user
> interface, and horribly broken arcs, etc), it should serve to give a
> good idea of my intent and where the application is headed. My purpose
> in posting this preview is to get some feedback from others who might
> want to use a scripting language to generate gcode rather than a
> traditional CAD/CAM solution.
>
> With this release, broken as it is, I am granting anyone a license to
> use the application for non-commercial purposes. The license term is
> unlimited. The final application probably will be free for
> non-commercial use as well, although I'll include a message begging for
> donations of money or stuff from users junk boxes. :)
>
> If you try the app, please refer to the included readme, and explore the
> example files.
>
> Here is a download link for the prototype:
>
> http://codesuidae.net/gcodescript/gcodescript.zip
>
> Enjoy,
> cs